Summary
- SWISS will proceed flying between Zurich and Washington, DC, in the course of the upcoming winter season.
- The airline can even introduce additional frequencies to 3 other US cities, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Miami.
- Zurich Airport has a big contrast in connectivity between the summer and winter seasons.
Swiss International Air Lines, trading as SWISS, announced that it will proceed several of its summer seasonal routes into the upcoming winter season, which incorporates flights to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD). As well as, several destinations will get additional frequencies, including three United States cities.
Continuing in the course of the winter season
The Swiss airline announced that it will proceed flying between Zurich Airport (ZRH) and IAD in the course of the winter season, operating five weekly flights on the route. This comes because the carrier can even operate day by day flights to London Gatwick Airport (LGW) and three weekly flights to Cluj Avram Iancu International Airport (CLJ), Romania, and Košice International Airport (KSC), Slovakia.
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SWISS announced that it will fly to IAD on September 12, 2023. The US capital became one out of two recent summer-only long-haul destinations from ZRH, with the opposite being Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ). On the time, Tamur Goudarzi Pour, the then-chief business officer (CCO) of SWISS, detailed that it was clear that travel was a deeply rooted human desire, which has change into evident following the pandemic. The CCO added that demand has continued to rise, with SWISS experiencing record-breaking load aspects.
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Adding additional flights
Along with the continuation of flights to IAD, SWISS will add additional frequencies from ZRH to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), San Francisco International Airport (SFO), and Miami International Airport (MIA).
Services to LAX and SFO might be day by day, while the ZRH – MIA route might be operated two times per day. Moreover, the airline will proceed flights from ZRH to Shanghai Pudong International Airport (PVG). Nevertheless, SWISS’ US network in the course of the upcoming winter season is displayed below.
Significant difference in connectivity
Data from the aviation analytics company Cirium showed that in the course of the summer season, services from ZRH to the US will peak at 123 weekly flights operated by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, and SWISS. In total, the 4 airlines’ services will amount to 220.7 million weekly one-way available seat kilometers (ASK).
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Meanwhile, in November 2024, a couple of weeks after the scheduled start of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) winter season, weekly frequencies on routes from the Swiss city to the US will go all the way down to 95. The identical 4 airlines might be present on the airport’s departure board, with the weekly frequencies amounting to 160 million weekly one-way ASKs.
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